EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.3.1
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
cess stories and best practices; study and discuss with local inhabitants on the
possible causes of failure and revise the intervention accordingly.
Objective IV: Strengthening institutional and human resources capacities
Output IV.1: To supply the component parts staff with adequate work offices and
equipment
Activity IV.1.1*/**: Construct new buildings and reconstruct existing offices for the
protected areas staff, meeting rooms, libraries, visitor-centres (museum), research
laboratories, sanitary facilities for staff and guests, where appropriate;
Activity IV.1.2*/**: Supply protected areas staff within the serial property with hardware
and software including Internet connection;
Activity IV.1.3*/**: Provide the staff and facilities with adequate material to survey
the property (GPS) and do conservation and protection work, e.g. vehicles, equipment
.
Output IV.2: Biodiversity database / Information Management System, use of
natural resources and environmental monitoring in the serial property and its
buffer zones
Activity IV.2.1*/**: Create a database of the serial property and update it regularly;
Activity IV.2.2*/**: Mandatory use of the database for planning and management for
biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resources use in areas of the serial
property and its buffer zones;
Activity IV.2.3*/**: Provide national and international scientists and environmental
officers with access to the serial property database.
Output IV.3: Improving professional and technical skills
Activity IV.3.1**: Survey the current professional and technical capacity of the serial
property staff and local inhabitants to identify the types and levels of training
needed for the natural resources management in the long run. The suggested area
for consideration includes: Heritage Conventions mechanisms, study and management
of biological and landscape diversity, forest management, water regimes
in rivers and mires, education in the sphere of environment and traditional and progressive
environmental sound and sustainable economic use, sustainable tourism
management, computer’s education;
Activity IV.3.2***: Based on this survey, provide the appropriate professional and
technical training to selected local inhabitants;
Activity IV.3.3**/***: Improve the level of expertise of the staff of the protected areas,
forestry enterprises and others who are included into the Management System
realization, namely: heads of research, forest observation, restoration of natural resources,
monitoring, education, recreation, protection units and others;
Activity IV.3.4**: Increase the number and range of organisations involved in crossborder
cooperation, including organisations not previously involved.
Activity IV.3.5***: Exchange among staff and experts and common training program
between the single component parts (crossborder)
Output IV.4: Strengthen environmental awareness and knowledge base to incorporate
biodiversity conservation and sustainable use objectives into the development
in the serial property and adjacent areas
Activity IV.4.1***: Conduct regular meetings, seminars and workshops between the
protected areas staff, representatives from interested institutions/organisations,
NGOs and science teams for joint planning; co-ordinate and evaluate activities in
the serial property and its buffer zones, as well as to enhance knowledge transfer;
Activity IV.4.2**: Use databases from partner organizations, in particular of research
and educational organizations in planning and developing decisions regard-
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